Werner Hühner
title: "Werner Hühner" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1886-births", "1966-deaths", "people-from-celle-(district)", "lieutenant-generals-of-the-german-army-(1935–1945)", "german-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "recipients-of-the-gold-german-cross", "recipients-of-the-knight's-cross-of-the-iron-cross", "german-prisoners-of-war-in-world-war-ii-held-by-the-united-kingdom", "military-personnel-from-the-province-of-hanover", "recipients-of-the-clasp-to-the-iron-cross,-1st-class", "military-personnel-from-lower-saxony", "german-army-generals-of-world-war-ii"] topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Hühner" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Werner Hühner |
| birth_date | 13 August 1886 |
| death_date | |
| birth_place | |
| death_place | |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| branch | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| serviceyears | |
| rank | Generalleutnant |
| commands | 8th Panzer Division |
| 61st Infantry Division | |
| 416th Infantry Division | |
| battles | |
| awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
| :: |
NOTOC{{Infobox military person | name = Werner Hühner | birth_date = 13 August 1886 | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | image = | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = Nazi Germany |branch=Army (Wehrmacht) | serviceyears = | rank = Generalleutnant | commands = 8th Panzer Division 61st Infantry Division 416th Infantry Division | unit = | battles =
- Battle of France
- Operation Barbarossa
- Battle of Białystok–Minsk
- Siege of Leningrad ------ | awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | laterwork = Werner Hühner (13 August 1886 – 10 February 1966) was a general in the armed forces of Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards and decorations
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Wound Badge (1914)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold (19 January 1942) ----
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 April 1943 as generalleutnant and commander of 61st Infantry Division
References
Citations
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
| before = Generalmajor Erich Brandenberger | after = Generalmajor Erich Brandenberger | title = Commander of 8th Panzer Division | years = 8 December 1941 – 28 January 1942 | before = Generalmajor Franz Scheidies | after = Generalleutnant Günther Krappe | title = Commander of 61st Infantry Division | years = 7 April 1942 – 1 February 1943 | before = Generalleutnant Hans Brabänder | after = Generalleutnant Kurt Pflieger | title = Commander of 416th Infantry Division | years = 1 June 1943 – 1 July 1943
| portal1=Biography
References
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 196.
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